Happy Birthday Shaped card

Hello! So glad you stopped by my blog today!! Today is the perfect day to stay all cozy and warm inside. I pulled out my Cricut and Art Philosophy cartridge to try a few shaped  cards. There are so many great features on this cartridge and I love that CTMH has coordinating stamps to go with it!

Here's a card I made for a special lady who just turned 75!

I use the card feature for at 5.5 inches. I found to get the inside mat to fit the card base I had to turn the Real Dial on and then cut the patterned paper( retired Cottage Wall dsp) at 5.25 inches .... it fits perfectly!  I cut the roses at various sizes in Very Vanilla and Purely Pomegranate. To give the flowers more texture I inked up the edges and curled the petals. The hot glue gun comes in handy  for these flowers and for adhering to the card.
 I used a sentiment from Small Sayings ( a retired SU set) which fits nicely on the word window/ modern label punch. The metal bookplate is from SU Hodgepodge hardware, I have several of these sets but they hardly ever get used. During my blog browsing I saw them being used like this and I had to incorporate it on my card! Now I may just use them all! :-) The bling is part of a larger flourish . The leaves a Sizzlit die from SU.
 Anyhoo... that's my card for today! Thanks for stopping by!

Recycled Scallop circle card / Happy Harmony (retired)

Hello!  Do you have scraps of paper lying around? I sure do -  and there seems to be no end to the pile in sight!!! But , oh how I love that pile !  :-) I have some diecuts leftover from a spring card class that I came across last night and thought I should put them to good use. Instead of making the same card , I tried  to change it up a bit , and here's what I came up with.....

You know what... I couldn't even find the original card I made!!!! I must've given it away already!!!  I basically layered circles on the card and then added a sentiment , using a custom made diecut from my Cricut... ohh, it was sooooo cute, I promise you!!!! Anyhoo, this card uses an old favorite stamp set of mine called Happy Harmony  which I bought during my days as a fanatically buying customer!!!! LOL  Doesn't it look so elegant inside the new embossing frame folder, Designer Frames??  I inked the sentiment in Baja Breeze and Always Artichoke and also the oval fame edges with matching inks. I lightly dabbed the rosettes with coordinating inks and added a teeny tiny pearl to each flower center. I stitched the Very Vanilla satin ribbon to the card front .  And , voila!, it's done! Ah, maybe, just maybe, someday  I'll see that scrap pile get smaller! ( ok, so that really was just wishful thinking!!!!)

Thanks for stopping by today.... have a great one!!